Matsya Purana — Chapter 166

MtP 166.1

भूत्वा नारायणो योगी सत्त्वमूर्तिर्विभावसुः गभस्तिभिः प्रदीप्ताभिः संशोषयति सागरान्

bhūtvā nārāyaṇo yogī sattvamūrtirvibhāvasuḥ gabhastibhiḥ pradīptābhiḥ saṃśoṣayati sāgarān

Becoming Nārāyaṇa the yogin, the radiant one whose form is sattva, with blazing rays he dries up the oceans.

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MtP 166.2

ततः पीत्वार्णवान् सर्वान् नदीः कूपांश्च सर्वशः पर्वतानां च सलिलं सर्वमादाय रश्मिभिः

tataḥ pītvārṇavān sarvān nadīḥ kūpāṃśca sarvaśaḥ parvatānāṃ ca salilaṃ sarvamādāya raśmibhiḥ

Then, having drunk up all the seas, and the rivers and wells everywhere, and having taken with his rays all the water of the mountains,

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MtP 166.3

भित्त्वा गभस्तिभिश्चैव महीं गत्वा रसातलात् पातालजलमादाय पिबते रसमुत्तमम्

bhittvā gabhastibhiścaiva mahīṃ gatvā rasātalāt pātālajalamādāya pibate rasamuttamam

and splitting the earth with his rays, going down from Rasātala, taking the water of Pātāla, he drinks up the finest sap.

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MtP 166.4

मूत्रासृक्क्लेदम् अन्यच्च यदस्ति प्राणिषु ध्रुवम् तत्सर्वमरविन्दाक्ष आदत्ते पुरुषोत्तमः

mūtrāsṛkkledam anyacca yadasti prāṇiṣu dhruvam tatsarvamaravindākṣa ādatte puruṣottamaḥ

Urine, blood, moisture, and whatever else abides fixed in living creatures — all that the lotus-eyed Puruṣottama takes.

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MtP 166.5

वायुश्च बलवान्भूत्वा विधुन्वानो ऽखिलं जगत् प्राणापानसमानाद्यान् वायून् आकर्षते हरिः

vāyuśca balavānbhūtvā vidhunvāno 'khilaṃ jagat prāṇāpānasamānādyān vāyūn ākarṣate hariḥ

And becoming the mighty wind, shaking the entire world, Hari draws in the breaths — prāṇa, apāna, samāna and the rest.

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MtP 166.6

ततो देवगणाः सर्वे भूतान्येव च यानि तु गन्धो घ्राणं शरीरं च पृथिवीं संश्रिता गुणाः

tato devagaṇāḥ sarve bhūtānyeva ca yāni tu gandho ghrāṇaṃ śarīraṃ ca pṛthivīṃ saṃśritā guṇāḥ

Then all the hosts of gods, and whatever beings there are: smell, the nose, and the body are the qualities that rest upon earth;

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MtP 166.7

जिह्वा रसश्च स्नेहश्च संश्रिताः सलिले गुणाः रूपं चक्षुर्विपाकश्च ज्योतिरेवाश्रिता गुणाः

jihvā rasaśca snehaśca saṃśritāḥ salile guṇāḥ rūpaṃ cakṣurvipākaśca jyotirevāśritā guṇāḥ

the tongue, taste, and unctuousness are the qualities resting in water; form, the eye, and digestion are the qualities resting in fire.

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MtP 166.8

स्पर्शः प्राणश्च चेष्टा च पवने संश्रिता गुणाः शब्दः श्रोत्रं च खान्येव गगने संश्रिता गुणाः

sparśaḥ prāṇaśca ceṣṭā ca pavane saṃśritā guṇāḥ śabdaḥ śrotraṃ ca khānyeva gagane saṃśritā guṇāḥ

Touch, breath, and motion are the qualities resting in wind; sound, the ear, and the cavities themselves are the qualities resting in space.

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MtP 166.9

लोकमाया भगवता मुहूर्तेन विनाशिता मनो बुद्धिश्च सर्वेषां क्षेत्रज्ञश्चेति यः श्रुतः

lokamāyā bhagavatā muhūrtena vināśitā mano buddhiśca sarveṣāṃ kṣetrajñaśceti yaḥ śrutaḥ

The world's illusion was destroyed by the Lord in a moment — the mind and the intellect of all beings, and he who is heard of as the knower of the field:

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MtP 166.10

तं वरेण्यं परमेष्ठी हृषीकेशमुपाश्रितः ततो भगवतस्तस्य रश्मिभिः परिवारितः

taṃ vareṇyaṃ parameṣṭhī hṛṣīkeśamupāśritaḥ tato bhagavatastasya raśmibhiḥ parivāritaḥ

to him, the excellent Hṛṣīkeśa, Parameṣṭhin had recourse; then, surrounded by the rays of that Lord,

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MtP 166.11

वायुनाक्रम्यमाणासु द्रुमशाखासु चाश्रितः तेषां संघर्षणोद्भूतः पावकः शतधा ज्वलन्

vāyunākramyamāṇāsu drumaśākhāsu cāśritaḥ teṣāṃ saṃgharṣaṇodbhūtaḥ pāvakaḥ śatadhā jvalan

and lodged in the branches of trees battered by the wind, fire arisen from their friction, blazing a hundredfold,

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MtP 166.12

अदहच्च तदा सर्वं वृतः संवर्तको ऽनलः सपर्वतद्रुमान्गुल्मांल् लतावल्लीस्तृणानि च

adahacca tadā sarvaṃ vṛtaḥ saṃvartako 'nalaḥ saparvatadrumāngulmāṃl latāvallīstṛṇāni ca

and then the encompassing Saṃvartaka fire burned everything — mountains, trees, thickets, creepers, vines and grasses.

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MtP 166.13

भस्मीकृत्य ततः सर्वांल् लोकांल्लोकगुरुर्हरिः भूयो निर्वापयामास युगान्तेन च कर्मणा

bhasmīkṛtya tataḥ sarvāṃl lokāṃllokagururhariḥ bhūyo nirvāpayāmāsa yugāntena ca karmaṇā

Then, having reduced all the worlds to ashes, Hari, the teacher of the worlds, extinguished (the fire) again by the act that is the end of the age.

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MtP 166.14

सहस्रवृष्टिः शतधा भूत्वा कृष्णो महाबलः दिव्यतोयेन हविषा तर्पयामास मेदिनीम्

sahasravṛṣṭiḥ śatadhā bhūtvā kṛṣṇo mahābalaḥ divyatoyena haviṣā tarpayāmāsa medinīm

Becoming a thousandfold rain in a hundred ways, Kṛṣṇa of great strength satisfied the earth with divine water as his oblation.

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MtP 166.15

ततः क्षीरनिकायेन स्वादुना परमाम्भसा शिवेन पुण्येन मही निर्वाणमगमत्परम्

tataḥ kṣīranikāyena svādunā paramāmbhasā śivena puṇyena mahī nirvāṇamagamatparam

Then, by that mass of milk, by that sweet supreme water, benign and pure, the earth attained the highest extinction (of the fire).

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MtP 166.16

तेन रोधेन संछन्ना पयसां वर्षतो धरा एकार्णवजलीभूता सर्वसत्त्वविवर्जिता

tena rodhena saṃchannā payasāṃ varṣato dharā ekārṇavajalībhūtā sarvasattvavivarjitā

Covered by that flood, the earth, as the waters rained down, became a single ocean of water, empty of all creatures.

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MtP 166.17

महासत्त्वान्यपि विभुं प्रविष्टान्यमितौजसम् नष्टार्कपवनाकाशे सूक्ष्मे जगति संवृते

mahāsattvānyapi vibhuṃ praviṣṭānyamitaujasam naṣṭārkapavanākāśe sūkṣme jagati saṃvṛte

Even the great beings entered the all-pervading one of measureless energy, when the sun, wind and space had perished and the world had become subtle and drawn in.

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MtP 166.18

संशोषमात्मना कृत्वा समुद्रानपि देहिनः दग्ध्वा संप्लाव्य च तथा स्वपित्येकः सनातनः

saṃśoṣamātmanā kṛtvā samudrānapi dehinaḥ dagdhvā saṃplāvya ca tathā svapityekaḥ sanātanaḥ

Having by himself dried up even the oceans and the embodied beings, and having burnt and then flooded (them), the one eternal (being) sleeps.

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MtP 166.19

पौराणं रूपमास्थाय स्वपित्यमितविक्रमः एकार्णवजलव्यापी योगी योगमुपाश्रितः

paurāṇaṃ rūpamāsthāya svapityamitavikramaḥ ekārṇavajalavyāpī yogī yogamupāśritaḥ

Assuming his ancient form, he of unmeasured stride sleeps, pervading the water of the single ocean, a yogin resting in yoga.

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MtP 166.20

अनेकानि सहस्राणि युगान्येकार्णवाम्भसि न चैनं कश्चिदव्यक्तं व्यक्तं वेदितुमर्हति

anekāni sahasrāṇi yugānyekārṇavāmbhasi na cainaṃ kaścidavyaktaṃ vyaktaṃ veditumarhati

For many thousands of ages (he lies) in the water of the single ocean, and no one is able to know him, the unmanifest, as manifest.

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MtP 166.21

कश्चैव पुरुषो नाम किंयोगः कश्च योगवान् असौ कियन्तं कालं च एकार्णवविधिं प्रभुः

kaścaiva puruṣo nāma kiṃyogaḥ kaśca yogavān asau kiyantaṃ kālaṃ ca ekārṇavavidhiṃ prabhuḥ

Who indeed is he called the Person, what is his yoga, and who is the possessor of yoga? And for how long a time will the Lord

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MtP 166.22

करिष्यतीति भगवान् इति कश्चिन् न बुध्यते

kariṣyatīti bhagavān iti kaścin na budhyate

maintain the condition of the single ocean — thus no one understands the Lord.

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MtP 166.23

न द्रष्टा नैव गमिता न ज्ञाता नैव पार्श्वगः तस्य न ज्ञायते किंचित् तमृते देवसत्तमम्

na draṣṭā naiva gamitā na jñātā naiva pārśvagaḥ tasya na jñāyate kiṃcit tamṛte devasattamam

There is no seer, no one who makes (him) go, no knower, no one standing at his side; nothing of him is known apart from that most excellent of gods himself.

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MtP 166.24

नभः क्षितिं पवनम् अपः प्रकाशकं प्रजापतिं भुवनधरं सुरेश्वरम् पितामहं श्रुतिनिलयं महामुनिं प्रशाम्य भूयः शयनं ह्यरोचयत्

nabhaḥ kṣitiṃ pavanam apaḥ prakāśakaṃ prajāpatiṃ bhuvanadharaṃ sureśvaram pitāmahaṃ śrutinilayaṃ mahāmuniṃ praśāmya bhūyaḥ śayanaṃ hyarocayat

(He who is) the sky, the earth, the wind, the waters, the illuminator, Prajāpati, the upholder of the world, the lord of the gods, the grandfather, the abode of the Vedas, the great sage — becoming still, he chose sleep once more.

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